SAN BERNARDINO – For Delmann Heights Park, going Kaboom would be a good thing.

Kaboom is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that works to build playgrounds. City officials here plan on working with the nonprofit and a small group of volunteers to build a new playground at Delmann Heights.

“We’ll be doing some positive things right now at Delmann Heights,” said 6th Ward Councilman Rikke Van Johnson.

The council voted Monday to build the playground on July 30.

In March, between 500 and 600 volunteers worked on a playground at Lytle Creek Park, which is near the crossing of K and Mill streets.

Andrew Edwards covers business and higher education for the Long Beach Press-Telegram. He has previously covered City Hall in Long Beach. He has spent his entire career in Southern California, having worked at publications including the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, The Sun and Daily Pilot before coming to Long Beach. He graduated from UCLA in 2003 after studying political science and history.

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